Flash Eurobarometer 426: SMEs, resource efficiency and green markets

This survey follows up on past Eurobarometers (FL342 in 2012 and FL381 in 2013) in reviewing the current levels of resource efficiency actions and the state of the green market amongst Europe’s SMEs, as well as in neighbouring countries and in the US. Topics covered include: • current and planned resource efficiency actions, and the reasons for taking them • Barriers when implementing resource efficiency actions • Experiences bidding for public procurement tenders with environmental requirements • The role and impact of policy in supporting green business initiatives • The current state of the green market • The role and impact of policy in supporting green business initiatives • The current state of the green market #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)